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Novel, Novella (was Re: Re: I'm new!)

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Monday, October 23, 2000, 9:51
On 22 Oct, John Cowan wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, daniel andreasson wrote: > >> In Swedish, a short story is called 'novell' and a novel is >> called "roman". Confusing, isn't it? :) > >Hmm, a little German influence here, I suppose? But the word "novella" >is current in English, though not as well known as "short story" or >"novel". >
In Israeli Hebrew, a novel is also called "roman". But, in addition, the word also means "to have a passionate (although _not_ necessarily adulterous) affair with someone. As in, "Have you heard? X is having a "roman" with Y!" "Novella", over here, is currently associated with the endless Spanish-language soap operas, called "tele-novellas", which we're now getting on our TVs. ( My son thinks it's a great way to learn Spanish, although I sometimes wonder what kind of a vocabulary he's picking up! ;-) ) Dan Sulani -------------------------------------------------------------------- likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a. A word is an awesome thing.